RE: Coal v. Nuclear (was Re: from lochbaum, differences in biological effects of)

["Vollmer, Jeffrey S" <Jeffrey.Vollmer@MKG.COM>]

 or your annual dose from living in a stone, brick or concrete building is
778 times your annual dose from a nuclear plant.

Lets put things in perspective here.  The ANS level listed is .009 mrem for
Nuclear compared to .003 mrem for Coal burning

Jeffrey Vollmer, CHP
jeffrey.vollmer@mkg.com




According to the American Nuclear Society 
(http://www.ans.org/pi/raddosechart/pdfs/raddosechart.pdf) your annual dose 
from a nuclear power plant is THREE TIMES your annual dose from a coal-fired

electrical utility plant.

Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
glennacarlson@aol.com
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